The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, said that his administration would soon equip government owned health training institutions with the state-of-the-art equipment to enhance teaching and learning and highly qualified manpower for the state.
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Governor Aliyu stated this at a reception organized in honor of the outgoing Registrar, Nursing and Midwifery Council of Nigeria, Dr Abubakar Faruk, who completed the mandatory 35 years of service.
Aliyu described the lack of modern teaching and learning equipment in the state-owned health institutions as one of the major obstacles to achieving effective teaching in line with extant global best practices, hence the need to change the trend.
“We cannot continue with obsolete teaching equipment in our health training institutions, when technology is moving fast in the area of digital and state-of-the-art equipment. Improving our health sector remains one of our top priorities, as it constitutes one of our nine-point smart agenda for the state,” Aliyu added.
In a statement by Governor Aliyu’s Press Secretary, Abubakar Bawa, the Governor noted that his administration has recently recruited over 800 Nurses and Midwives who had been waiting for employment for the past nine years.
According to him, the development is geared towards meeting the hitherto dire need of manpower in the state’s health sector for effective service delivery.
He further praised Dr Faruk for his immense contributions to the development of the State’s School of Nursing when he served the state.
He added that Dr Faruk, had during his service in the state, dedicated his time to ensure that the state’s indigenes were encouraged to go into Nursing Sciences and Midwifery.
He applauded the contribution of the outgoing Registrar for ensuring that the nation’s Nursing and Midwifery institutions did not compromise academic standards.
”I want to assure you that this administration would tap from the wealth of experience of the outgoing Registrar for the benefit of our state,” the governor promised.
In his remarks, Dr Faruk Umar highlighted some of the achievements recorded by the council under his watch.
He said that total of 147,000 Nurses and Midwives had been produced in the eight years of his stewardship across the the country. He stated that the number of Nurses and Midwives being produced annually had also risen to 29,000 as against 9,000 before he took over the council.
He added that the nation had recorded additional 98 new Colleges of Nursing and Midwifery, in addition to the existing ones during his stay as the Registrar.
Dr Faruk thanked Governor Aliyu for gracing the occasion and assured of his readiness to assist in ensuring the development of the states’ health sector.
At the event, Governor Aliyu presented Senator Wamakko’s ‘Award of Excellence’ to the celebrant in recognition of his meritorious service to the country and the state as well.
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